Fish scaler and cleaner.



No. 841,099. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. I. ANDERSON. FISH SGALER ANDCLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED' JAN. 29, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEICE.

ISAAC ANDERSON, CE NEWCASTLE. INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO WILLIAMVALYAR, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial No. 298,454.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newcastle, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Fish Sealer and Cleaner, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to fish sealers and cleaners.

The object of the invention is to present in a compact and portable forma knife and sealer, the two parts being so constructed and assembledthat when combined with a handle and one is open the other will act as apositive stop to hold it in operative position,

whereby the usual small spring employed for.

this purpose is rendered unnecessary.

A further object is to improve the construetion of the handle in suchmanner as positively to prevent the retention of scales, pieces of fleshand blood, and to permit ready cleansing when necessary.

With the above and other objects in view,

as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, thesame consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of afish sealer and cleaner, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a View in elevation exhibiting the implement with the knifeopened and the sealer closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view exhibiting theknife closed and the sealer opened. Fig. 3 is' an edge view exhibitingthe operative face of the scaler. Fig. 4 is a similar view exhibitingthe operative face of the knife.

The implement embodies a handle, (designated generally 1,) a knife 2 ofany preferred shape, and a sealer 3. The handle is made, preferably, ofa strip of tempered steel bent upon itself to provide at its bend asemiloop 4, that operates as a guardfor the end of the sealer and hasits terminals provided with pairs of alined eyes 5 and 6, formed bybending the metal to the appropriate contour in any preferred manner. Asshown in Fig. 3, the handle member 7, or that against which the scraperabuts, is solid throughout practically its entire length, while thehandle member 8 is provided with a longitudinal slot 9, extending fromthe eyes 6 to the loop 4 and through which the blade of the knifeprojects when closed, as sh own in Fig. 2. The normal tendency of thehandle members is to spring inward to secure a function elsewherediscussed. The upper end of the handle member 7 is provided with a shortslot 10 to receive the bolster 11 of the scraper, the bolster 12 of theknife being disposed within the slot 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The scraper 3 is constructed from a strip of steel bent to form a hollowrectangle and has its terminals deflected inward to lie against eachother to form the bolster 11, as clearly I shown in Fig. 3. nally bowedor curved, and on the concaved side thereof the members are providedwith obliquely-disposed teeth 13, which are arranged, preferably, inbreak j oint order, thus to insure their taking positive hold upon thescales, the outer or free end of the sealer being provided with a doubleinclined tooth 14. By this arrangement of the teeth the entire concavedface of the scraper except at the bolster is rendered operative fordoing efficient work. The scraper and knife are held combined with thehandle members by rivets 15 and 16, that are passed through the pairs ofeyes 5 and 6 and through the bolsters of the scraper and knife and havetheir terminals upset in any preferred manner.

As stated, one of the objects of the invention is so to construct andassemble the knife and sealer that when combined with the handle andeither one is opened the other will act as a positive stop to hold it inoperative osition. This result is secured by providmg the bolster of theknife with a shoulder 17, that is adapted to bear upon the end of thebolster 11 of the sealer when the former is opened, and by providing thesealer with a similar shoulder 18, that is adapted to bear upon the endof the bolster 12 of the knife when the former is opened, the twoshoulders being held firmly locked together from the pressure exerted bythe inward spring of the twohandle members. By this arrangement it willbe seen that either the sealer or knife will be held against rearwardmovement beyond a certain point without the employment of an ordinaryhandle-spring, such as employed, whereby the cost of production of theimplement-is lowered and the handle is permitted to be an open-workstructure, thereby to preclude the retention of any for- The scraper islongitudi eign matter, such as scales or thelike, which l simple incharacter will be found to unitein the production of a thoroughlyeflicient implement and one that will be positive in securing theobjects sought.

It will be obvious that, if referred, the sides of the handle may beclosed in the usual manner, and as this will be obvious detailedillustration of such modification is omitted.

I claim 1. An implement embodying a handle and a pair of memberspivotally connected therewith and having their bolsters arranged to abuteach. other and interlock, and means acting on the bolsters to hold themembers toget er in operative and inoperative positions respectively.

v 2. An implement comprising a handle embodyin two spring portions, anda member pivotal y connected with each of the spring portions, thebolsters of the two members being disposed to abut each other.

3. An implement comprising a handle embodying two spring portionsprovided with terminal eyes, one of the portions having a slot extendingsubstantially throughout its entire length and the other a slotextending only a short distance of its length, a pair of members havingtheir bolsters disposed in the slots, rivets secured in the eyes andoperating to hold the members in position, one of the members beingadapted to engage the longer slot when closed.

4. An implement of the class described comprising a handle constructedfrom a single piece of metal bent to the appropriate form to present twohandle portions each provided with two terminal spaced eyes, two membershavin their bolsters mounted in the slots and he d in position by rivetspassrin 'through the eyes, one of the members being provided with acutting ed e and the vother with obliquely-disposed teet In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signaturein the presence of two Witnesses.

- ISAAC ANDERSON. Witnesses: 5 DORSEY W. CoNwELL,

GUY R. ALBERTSON.

